Safety whip-holder.



L. U. DAVIS.

SAFETY WHIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 1120.4, 1911.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

LUGKEY G. DAVIS, OF THYATIRA, MISSISSIPPI.

SAFETY WHIP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed December 4, 1911. Serial No. 668,848.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCKEY C. DAVIS,

itizen of the United States, residing at Thyatira, in the county of Tate and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Whip- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whip sockets for attachment to carriages, wagons and other vehicles and has for its main object the provision of a whip socket of simple and durable construction, by means'of which the whip may be securely locked against withdrawal by' an unauthorized person during the absence of the driver of the vehicle.

Another object is to provide a whip socket of this type which may be manufactured at arelatively low cost and thus tend to make this class of whip sockets more generally used. 1

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

Fora full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:- a

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved whip socket connected to the dashboard of a vehicle. .Fig. 2 is a vertical sec tion through the 'whip socket and the operating mechanism thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the various parts before assembled. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a modification of the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all t e views of the accompanying drawings by he same reference characters.

The whip socket of this invention is shown as attached in the usual manner to the dashboard A ofa vehicle. The body of the socket is formed preferably of a tubular member or casing 1, the lower end of which is closed by a substantially frusto-conical base or plug 2 detachably secured therein .and provided with a slot 3 to permit the exit of foreign matter which might otherwise accumulate within the socket. Rigidly secured to the base are two oppositely disosed upstanding arms 4 [11d 5 preferably formed of a. single piece of resilient sheet metal doubled'upon itself to produce arms of equal length. The upper portion (3 of each arm is concave on the inner face to conform to the shape of a whip and the extreme tip of each arm is bent inwardly to form whip gripping members. This construction at 7 further aids in assembling the device as a collar 8 is preferably detachably mounted in the upper end of the casing 1 and has inwardly diverging walls 9 adapted to fit outside of the term lnalsl'. The collar 8 is provided with a laterally extending flange 10 which overhangs the adjacent end of the casing and gives a finished appearance to the socket.

In order to lock in the socket, whips of' various sizes, a wedging member preferably in the form of a bar 11. having its outer face tapered as at 16, is interposed between the arm 5 and the Wall of the casing 1. This wedging member is provided on the inner side near its lower end with a pin 12 adapted to engage a longitudinal slot 13 formed in the arm 5, the wedge being further provided on its outer face near the upper end with a detachable operating button 1a which extends through a longitudinal slot- 15 formed in the casing 1. The pin 1.2 and the button 1 1 prevent longitudinal movement of the wedge, said button'also constituting an actuating means by which the wedge is raised or lowered within the limits of the guiding slots. It will be noted that when the wedge 11 is raised the tapered face 16 thereof bears against the inwardly tapered wall 9 of the collar 8. As the wedge ascends and coacts' with the wall 9, the arm is forced inwardly and thus decreases the space between the arms l and 5 and permits whips of various sizes to be gripped between the terminals 7.

In order to lock the arms in engagementw'ith a whip, teeth 17 are provided on one edge of the wedge 11, and a pawl 18 pivoted to the arm 5 is adapted to engage the teeth and hold the wedge in adjusted position. A spring 19 secured to the arm 5 and engaging a longitudinal groove 20 formed in the pawl insures the engagement of the latter with the I wedge so that when the latter is released by the pawl 18, the wedge immediately lowers and thus allows the arm 5 to spring out and increase the space between the two arms and permit the withdrawal. of the whip. l

Attention is here directed to the method of connecting the spring 22 to the base and the wedging bar, the latter being cut away at 11 to form a bearing for the spring and provided at this point with a lug 22 adapted to engage said spring. An upstanding hook member 2 secured to the base engages the lower en d of the spring 22. This construction permits the spring to lie longitudinally of the arm 5 and be free to operate without striking either the casing or the adjacent arm.

Although the preceding description is believed to set forth the preferred embodiment of the invention, the device is not necessarily limited to the specific construction thereof as the wedge 11 could be constructed in the form shownin Fig. l, inwhich the teeth 17 engage teeth 23, which latter are preferably stamped in the arm 5, the two sets of contacting teeth being adapted to disengage by raising or lowering the button l t, there being a longitudinal guiding slot 24' in the lower end of the wedge and adapted "to engage pin 2 i secured to the arm 5 to pre-.

vent lateral movementof the wedge.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A whip socket embodying a casing, having a base, upstanding resilient arms secured to the base, an inwardly tapered collar disposed between the upper ends of the arms and the casing, a wedging member interposed between the collar and one of the arms and adapted tomore upwardly against the tapered face of the collar and force said arm inwardly against a whip, and means for locking the wedge in adjusted position.

2. A whip socket embodying a casing, upstanding resilient arms disposed within the casing, a collar beveled on its lower inner face and disposed between the upper ends of the arms andsaid. casing, a wedging bar interposed between one. of the arms and the casing and having one end bearing against the beveled face of the collar. and provided with a laterally disposed lug on its lower inner face adapted to engage a longitudinal guiding slot formed in the arm, and an op erating button upon the bar extending througlrthe wall of the casing.

A whip socket including a casing, upstanding resilient arins disposed therein, a

roac es wedging barslidably interposed between one of the arms and the casing, teeth formed on the wedging bar, and a spring depressed pawl mounted on the arm and adapted to engage the teeth and hold the wedge in adjusted position, said pawl being adapted to be disengaged by the action of a key.

4. A whip socket including a casing;hav-

ing a base, an upstanding resilient arndfhecured to the base, a wedging bar mounted for longitudinal movement and disposed between the said arm and the casing, the wedging bar being provided with teeth, a key released, spring pressed pawl mounted on the arm and engaging the teeth of the bar, and

a spring operatively connected to the bar and the base and adapted to lower said'bar when the latter is released from engagement with the pawl.

, 5. A whip socket embodying a casing, 2 x89 silient arms secured within the casing andhaving their upper ends shaped to conform to and grip a whip, one of said arms being slotted, an inwardly tapered collar disposed between the arms and the casing, a slidable wedging bar interposed between the casing and the slotted arm'and'having a lug adapted to engage the sl0t.in the latter, said bar being further provided with a series of teeth.

and an operating button extending through the slot in the casing, the upper end of the bar being adapted t engage the tapered face of the collar, 0. spring pressed pawl secured to the slotted arm and engaging the teeth of the wedging bar, said pawl being adapted to i be key released from engagement therewith, and a spring secured to the bar and the base and adapted to lower the bar when the latter is released by the pawl.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HLUCKEY' o. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

. C. C. GILLESPIE,

W. H. ELLIS.

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